Paya Lebar Single Member Constituency

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Kampong Kembangan
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Singapore
Current constituency
Created1955
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Replaced by Aljunied GRC

Paya Lebar Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore.

Contents

It used to exist from 1955 to 1988 as Paya Lebar Constituency and was renamed as Paya Lebar Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Aljunied Group Representation Constituency in 1997.

Member of Parliament

YearMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 Lim Koon Teck PP
1959 Tan Kia Gan PAP
1963 Kow Kee Seng BS
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Tay Boon Too PAP
1972
1976 Tan Cheng San
1980 Sia Kah Hui
1984 Philip Tan Tee Yong
1988

Elections

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Paya Lebar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PP Lim Koon Teck 3,33052.1
DP Tan Eng Joo3,06547.9
Majority2654.2N/A
Turnout 6,49450.6
PP win (new seat)
General Election 1959: Paya Lebar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tan Kia Gan6,53160.8
Independent Ong Chye Hock4,20939.2
Majority2,32221.6N/A
Turnout 10,84289.7
PAP gain from SPA Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1963: Paya Lebar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BS Kow Kee Seng6,15248.0
PAP Tan Kia Gan5,40242.1-18.7
UPP Lau Tok Keong8586.7
SA Goh Yeow Dek4153.2
Majority7505.9
Turnout 12,94695.6
BS gain from PAP Swing

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Historical maps

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References

  1. "ELD | 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". eld.gov.sg.